---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)"
description: "Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 593"
citation: "Maryland HB 593 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boafo", "Holmes", "Taylor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e538b9e2-1012-4c50-aa7d-974cf71ae3a0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0593?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8bc575b5280bfe339b078fb9cf1caba2ff4daff00ba9d7477d7b1817a2f32abc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 593 (2025) — Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_614_hb0593e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0593e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0593f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0593t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boafo — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-23** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 614 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e538b9e2-1012-4c50-aa7d-974cf71ae3a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).